Prosecutors on Thursday called in for questioning a former judge at the heart of mounting power abuse allegations involving the Supreme Court and its former chief justice.
Lim Jong-hun, former deputy head of the National Court Administration, the top court's governing body, was summoned for an interrogation at 9:30 a.m. next Monday, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said.
Lim, 59, is accused of playing a key role in illicit lobbying and trial manipulation used to achieve former Supreme Court Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae's pet project to establish a separate court of appeals. Lim worked for the NCA from 2012-2017.